Shreveport pins hopes on downtown development

1:47 AM,
Jun. 30, 2014

Dillon O'Neil and William Pennell work on the former Sears building in downtown Shreveport.

Written by

Adam Duvernay
Gannett Louisiana

The success or failure of three projects in downtown Shreveport will illustrate the future of the city's commercial and entertainment hub.

The Sears Building in the 600 block of Texas Street and two adjacent buildings are being rehabilitated by a New Orleans developer seeking to turn them into a mixture of residential, commercial and office space.

The buildings are the property of Tipitina's Foundation co-founder Roland von Kurnatowski, a New Orleans resident who's had past success in Shreveport. His idea is to focus the cluster on music and entertainment venues and office space and, ...